KiNK - LIVE AT COCOON IBIZA - CORMIX058

As we reach the 19th year of Cocoon’s residence on Ibiza, the location may have changed from Amnesia to Pacha, but the enthusiasm for perhaps the most enduring party on the Mediterranean island is guaranteed to continue.  Actually, only the sun, sea and wind are more reliable!  

The celebrated live sets of Bulgaria’s life wire Strahil Velchev aka KiNK have been a vital ingredient for the ecstatic nights over the years. With unprecedented regularity, the man from Sofia has been voted best live act by readers of Groove magazine for the last three years, and in 2017 he was also crowned best electronic music producer. As KiNK, together with Sven Väth, celebrate one of the most popular evenings of this year’s season as well, what could be more logical than to repurpose the famed Cocoon Ibiza Mix CD series into another live document of the event?  
No sooner said than done, and so here the Bulgarian offers a 70-minute cross-section of his skills. Well-known tracks, especially from last year's "Playground” LP (Running Back) meet exclusive, unreleased material in a spontaneous tour de force through the history of electronic dance music. There are distinctive nods to Chicago and Detroit, jazzy organs spiralling into string-drenched skies ("The Russian"), insatiable acid excursions ("Five") and heavy duty discoid workouts ("Use The Rhythm", "Perth") as KiNK’s irresistible nature strikes repeatedly at the heart of the dance floor.  

The message as always is “gute Laune!” (good vibes!), if we are allowed to borrow that sacred phrase for just a moment...

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08 KiNK - LIVE SESSION WITH VALERI - CORMIX058

With over 25 years in the world of Electronic Music in a variety of different roles starting off as a Producer then DJ, then Promoter, DJ Agency Director, Club Manager and lastly Photographer / Online Magazine Editor - it's been a wild ride!

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It all started with epic nights at Final Frontier, Club UK back in the early 90s listening and dancing to Dave Angel, Carl Cox, Sven Vath, CJ Bolland, Colin Dale, CJ Bolland, MR C and many more techno originators and pioneers. From there and going to Leeds University with the Orbit in Morley only a stone's throw away, Rob started to put on nights in 1996, already having started DJing and producing music on Cubase and an Akai 3000. All this culminated in a massive party in 1999 with Andrew Weatherall and Tim Utah (Utah Saints) on a Wednesday in the Leeds Corn Exchange with over 1,000 people dancing away.
After moving to back to his home town of London Rob started putting on a night in Brixton with Marc Richardson called Batch both DJing Acid House mixed with newer electronic sounds. Guest DJs included Colin Dale (Kiss FM, Abstrakt Dance), Jerome Hill (Don't, Kool FM).
In 2005 Rob and Marc organised the Fair4Life Festival in Brockwell Park helping raise awareness of cancer, they were to do a few more festivals over the next few years. Rob also joined forces with Colin Dale to help him setup and manage his DJ agency Wildlife-AM.
Fast forward a few years to 2009 Rob became manager of The Gramaphone, East London with Benji B (BBC Radio 1) already doing his monthly flagship night Deviation there. Here everyone from Floating Points, Gas Lamp Killer, Edan, LTJ Bukem, Anthea, Magaret Dygas, Mala, DJed including Scuba doing a secret HotFlush party. After one last festival this time in East London, Rob left England to move to South America, settling first in Cusco and then in Lima, Peru.  There he ran magazines in Peru's 3 major cities Lima, Cuscoand Arequipa ... this time mostly behind the decks taking photos of DJs rather than spinning tunes.
2019 saw him return to Europe, moving first to Milan and now he currently resides in Barcelona.

Cocoon Recordings has been founded in the year 2000 as a part of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Sven Väth has initiated Cocoon Recordings in order to complete the Cocoon platform as a supporting tool for young artists in Electronic Music. The label philosophy is as simple as demanding: helping young producers and DJs to release their music without depending on Major Label structures. The releases can mainly be assigned to the genres Techno and House.

Cocoon Recordings as a label and Sven Väth as an artist stand for the use of vinyl as sound carrier, also in the future. Admittedly, the Digital Division of Cocoon Recordings has also been set up in 2008 and the numbers of downloads are indeed enjoyable. However, the label's focus is on vinyl, now and in the future. In order to complete the range of services that Cocoon Recordings offers, the publishing company Cocoon Publishing was founded in 2010.

08 KiNK - LIVE SESSION WITH VALERI - CORMIX058

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